195 



Page 

 (*) Frontispiece, the 



Almond Tumbler 138 

 Dedication to the 

 Young and Inex- 

 perienced Fancier 

 of the Almond 



Tumbler 138 



Description of theBird 141 



The Feather 141 



,, Shape or Carriage 142 



,, Head 142 



,, Beak 143 



„ Eye 143 



„ Hen 143 



On Matching & Pairing 1 44 



The (*) Kite 145 



„ (*) Whole Feather 145 



Of Laying 147 



,, Hatching 148 



„ Shifting 149 



,, Moulting 149 



,, Vermin 150 



The Loft or Aviary... 151 



Of Penning the Birds 152 



CONTENTS— Co««mwe<^. 

 Page 

 Of the Nest Pans ... 153 

 Marks by which to 

 ascertain the Color 

 of Feather when 



Hatched 153 



Of Drafting 153 



,, Barren Birds 154 



,, Washing 154 



,, Flying the Birds 154 



,, Loam 155 



,, Gravel 155 



,, Mortar 155 



„ Their Food L56 



„ Their Drink 157 



,, Parting the Birds 

 after the Breed- 

 ing season 157 



„ Their Dung 158 



,, ,, Diseases ... 158 



TheRoop 159 



,, Vertigo or 



Meagrims 160 



,, Staggers 160 



,, Scouring or 

 FINIS. 



Page 



Purging 160 



The Small Pox 1(50 



Of Odd or Unmatched 



Birds 161 



Standard for the Almond 



Tumbler 162 



General Observations 163 

 John Boys, Esq., Ob- 

 servations on the 

 Almond Tumbler. . . 

 Rules, Laws and Ar- 

 ticles of a Society 185 

 Columbarian Society 



Established 186 



Their Ordinances 1 86 



Poetry 188 



Preface 189 



Contents of the Work 194 

 Testimonials of the 



Press 195 



Works published by 



the Author 200 



TESTIMONIALS OP THE PRESS ON 



A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing the 

 Almond Tumbler. By J. M. Eaton, Islington, London. 



BELL'S LIFE, July 6th, 1851. A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing 

 the Almond Tumbler. — By J. M. Eaton. Never was a man more enthusiastic than 

 Mr. Eaton. No Arab of the Desert every attended with greater care to his Stud of 

 thorough Breds, than does Mr. Eaton to his Stud. He informs us our good Queen 

 is also a good Fancier, and that Napoleon the First was one. 



MORNING ADVERTISER, July 19th, 1851. A Treatise on the Art of Breeding 

 and Managing the Almond Tumbler. — By J. M. Eaton, Islington, London. " Let 

 every Man speak of that to which he hath devoted study and attention ; I mean 

 not mere book reading, but Observation and E:jfperiment, and He cannot fail to 

 add to the general stock of our knowledge." — So wrote John Locke. 



And another great Man observes :- -Too much praise is given to "mere" writing 

 of words, in lieu of teaching things ; and such is the Book of Mi\ J. M. Eaton on 

 the Almond Tumbler. We can say, that without some spark of enthusiasm 

 nothing excellent was ever produced ; for without it there can be no perseverance, 

 and without perseverance Nature refuses improvements. To return to matter of 

 Fact, Mr. Eaton's Pages give more minute, sound, practical and available In- 

 struction and Advice as the means of procuring, propogating, preserving and 

 discriminating the merits of the most beautiful of all the varied Breeds of the 

 CoLUMBA, to wit, the Almond Tumbler, than any writer who has preceded him ; 

 in fact, his is the Monograph on this Subject. 



MINING JOURNAL, July 26th, 1851. A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and 

 Managing the Almond Tumbler —By J. M. Eaton, Islington, London. In the 

 treatment of the subject the author has avoided all ambiguity, eschewed Low and 

 Flash Terms, and stated his advice and meaning throughout in jjlain English. In 

 the description of the Almond Tumbler — the management of them in feeding, 

 pairing, hatching, &c. their treatment under disease, &c. gives convincing proof 

 of much practical experience in the subject he writes upon, and we strongly 

 recommend the volume. 



MORNING POST, Aug. 19th, 1851. A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and 

 Managing the Almond Tumbler.— By J. M. Eaton. Pigeon Fanciers will derive 



